for API Holdings Limited (API) - Legal (General Corporate) role
Position: [Manager] Brief overview of the role: We are looking to hire an experienced corporate lawyer who will be handling all the corporate legal matters of the API Holdings group and will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy on complex legal matters. Key Responsibilities: \xef\x82\xb7 Advising on all aspects of corporate / commercial legal matters of the organisation for M&A, equity funding, debt financing, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and other commercial agreements. \xef\x82\xb7 End to end legal support for fund raising and M&A activities of the group including drafting, vetting and negotiation of wide variety of corporate / commercial contracts including shareholders agreements, share subscription agreements, share purchase agreements, business transfer agreements, asset transfer agreements, assisting in due diligence exercise, coordination with other functions, drafting and collating responses to investor queries in a timely manner. \xef\x82\xb7 Reviewing and drafting documents relating to debt financing activities of the group, coordinating and negotiating with lenders and closing the documentation in a time bound manner. \xef\x82\xb7 Carrying out discussions with external counsels engaged for transactions / legal opinions, negotiating with counterparty\xe2\x80\x99s legal team and carrying out discussions with the management on transactions and legal positions to assess and explain the legal risks involved. \xef\x82\xb7 Ensuring legal compliance with the contractual terms and obligations of the group; and maintaining necessary compliance trackers. \xef\x82\xb7 Being adept with all corporate laws including Companies Act, FEMA regulations and directions, SEBI regulations and advisories. \xef\x82\xb7 Being up-to-date with legal framework developments and conducting regular knowledge sharing sessions for the team. \xef\x82\xb7 and promote consistency of approach in legal matters between internal stakeholders. \xef\x82\xb7 Leading, managing and supervising the legal repository system. Other Requirements: \xef\x82\xb7 PQE of 4-5 years with at least 2+ years of experience working with a law firm in a general corporate or banking / finance role. \xef\x82\xb7 Hands on at work and can independently manage projects. \xef\x82\xb7 Has extensively worked on of working on variety of corporate legal agreements including M&A, equity funding and debt financing agreements. \xef\x82\xb7 Strong team player and willing to take up responsibilities of team members if required. \xef\x82\xb7 Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills. \xef\x82\xb7 Sound interpersonal ad communication skills.